# Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428 "2022-01-26T17:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/721 "2022-12-17T16:24:12Z")
I take it that you are saying that “U-turn” is a euphemism for him trying to fuck his gun? Then it shot off instead of him? Makes more sense that way, actually. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/722 "2023-01-06T22:53:16Z")
6 year old shoots teacher. > **[6-year-old shoots teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News](https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/richneck-elementary-school-shooting-newport-news/291-d07069f9-648b-4b25-aa53-351d7e1c037a)** > > Newport News police say no students were hurt and one person is in custody after a shooting at Richneck Elementary Friday afternoon. > In a press conference Friday evening, city officials said the shooting was not accidental, that it happened in a first-grade classroom and **that the teacher’s injuries were life-threatening.** Everyone else in the school building – faculty, staff, and students – were safe. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/723 "2023-01-06T23:41:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 6 year old shoots teacher. The only thing that will stop a bad 6 year old with a gun is a good six year old with a gun. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/724 "2023-01-06T23:42:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > 6 year old shoots teacher. > > The only thing that will stop a bad 6 year old with a gun is a good six year old with a gun. - We gave up on arming teachers? /s ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/725 "2023-01-07T01:08:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The only thing that will stop a bad 6 year old with a gun is a good six year old with a gun If only a squad of heavily armed Kinderguardians™ could have stormed in from a back room in time! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/726 "2023-01-07T01:11:54Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Kinderguardians™ - 👍 👍 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/727 "2023-01-07T02:31:55Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Kinderguardians™ [Kinderguardians™ of the Galaxy…!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfNSBeFliIg&ab_channel=ComicsGalaxy) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/728 "2023-01-07T04:50:31Z")
I’m surprised some pundit hasn’t said a variation of that, or that the teacher should have had a firearm loaded, cocked, and holstered, all ready to use. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/729 "2023-01-07T05:43:35Z")
[Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban On Bump-Stocks](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/bump-stocks-guns-appeals-court/index.html) on technicality: > “A plain reading of the statutory language, paired with close consideration of the mechanics of a semi-automatic firearm, reveals that a bump stock is excluded from the technical definition of ‘machinegun’ set forth in the Gun Control Act and National Firearms Act,” Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod wrote in the majority’s opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/730 "2023-01-07T14:06:50Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > [Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban On Bump-Stocks](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/bump-stocks-guns-appeals-court/index.html) on technicality More and more the old adage that “the constitution is not a suicide pact” rings hollow and false. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/731 "2023-01-08T03:56:48Z")
Also from the article. > This decision comes after the US Supreme Court declined to consider a challenge to the federal ban in October. I presume this means that at least two lower courts have rendered contradictory opinions and that SCOTUS would be more inclined to accept an appeal? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/732 "2023-01-08T05:46:07Z")
Insert _[“Detachable Penis”](https://youtu.be/byDiILrNbM4)_ by King Missile here. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/733 "2023-01-08T22:00:28Z")
> **[Search for Texas vigilante who fatally shot robbery suspect carrying fake gun](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/08/texas-vigilante-fatally-shoots-robbery-suspect-taqueria)** > > Man fired nine shots and then helped diners recover the money at the Houston taqueria restaurant before disappearing Search? To give the vigilante a medal? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/734 "2023-01-08T22:21:53Z")
From the article. > Texas’s[stand your ground statutes](https://simerlaw.com/what-is-stand-your-ground-law-in-texas/) allow for someone to defend themselves if they feel their life is in danger, **though the line between what constitutes self-defense and unnecessary force can be fine.** In Texas? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/735 "2023-01-08T22:56:13Z")
In Texas, it is fine and dandy. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/736 "2023-01-08T23:14:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > In Texas, it is fine and dandy. - I thought they were trying to get rid of all the dandies. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/737 "2023-01-09T03:12:03Z")
I hope you’re being sarcastic here. No, the search is for the murder of the robber. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/738 "2023-01-09T03:35:56Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > No, the search is for the murder of the robber. Those are much stronger terms than anyone quoted in the article uses. No charges have been pressed, it sounds like they just want to talk to the guy. I would honestly be very surprised if he faced charges, or was convicted. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/739 "2023-01-09T17:13:05Z")
[This](https://www.kake.com/story/48103087/taqueria-robber-shot-dead-by-diner-in-texas?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KAKE_News&fbclid=IwAR0M68cUta0aVshxpO74pVvr1m9xi8tlc7KmC-3Er-Mwa4jqL_o-KtWL8js) article states that > The assailant collapsed near the front of the restaurant before the patron who shot him got up, stood over him and fired one more time point blank, the video shows. That might be stretching the ‘stand your ground’ meaning. But probably not in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/740 "2023-01-09T17:43:22Z")
When does self defense become premeditated murder? > [@](#): > > the patron who shot him got up, stood over him and fired one more time point blank That’s when. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=38)